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Web Exclusive: Parkland hospital kept information from its auditors, feared federal subpoena on Medicare overcharges
Parkland Memorial Hospital once estimated it owed up to $50 million for overcharging Medicare and Medicaid. But it...
Device makers under scrutiny in international bribery beef
The U.S. government is investigating whether medical device and pharmaceutical companies are guilty of bribing foreign...
Diabetes drug maker hid test data on risks, files indicate
In the fall of 1999, the drug giant SmithKline Beecham secretly began a study to find out if its diabetes medicine...
RAC: The Problem with the Three-day Rule
The three-day rule is the subject of a provision in the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, a proposed...
Providers Leaning on Tracking Software as RACs Press On
With the growing number of CMS-approved RAC issues and the impending medical necessity audits on the horizon, the need...
More Than Just RACs: Hospital Shares Its MIC Experience
Unlike RACs, which had a demonstration period and received more sustained publicity, MICs have proceeded largely under...
CMS: Medical Necessity Reviews Are Coming, and Soon
There has been much speculation as to when providers would see the first wave of medical necessity reviews by Medicare...
White House Announces Plan to Crack Down on Medicare Fraud
President Obama announced a new effort to crack down on waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid and other programs...
Senate Reform Bill Would Expand RAC Program
The Senate health reform bill would broaden the current RAC program to cover Medicare Part C and D as well as the...
RAC Protest Resolved: CMS to Continue RAC Program Implementation
CMS announced February 6 the permanent RAC program is once again underway as the RAC bid protests filed by Viant, Inc...

Audio Conference: How to Survive a Medicare Audit:
You can survive a Medicare audit with the first hand advice provided during the 90-minute audioconference. Our...
Book: Marketer's Guide to Community Benefit Reporting and IRS Form 990H
This book and CD-ROM shows healthcare marketers how to gather data effectively from every corner of their organizations...
Book: The HIM Director's Handbook, Second Ed.
This second edition is an updated version of the earlier best seller and details everything you need to know to direct...
Audio Conference: Physician Supervision for Hospital Outpatient services
During this 90-minute intermediate-level audio conference, our speakers will explain the requirements and walk through...
Audio Conference: Manage Revenue Integrity and Audit Activity
During this 90-minue audio conference, our speakers will explain how to work across departments and build a strong...
Audio Conference: PEPPER 2011: Identify Changes, Address Vulnerabilities, and Be Audit-Ready
During this two-hour audio conference, our experts will discuss hot topics, including the addition of two-day stay...
Audio Conference: PEPPER for Critical Access Hospitals: Identify Your Audit Risk
During this 90-mintue audio conference, our speakers will explain PEPPER and tell you how to use your report to...
Audio Conference: 2012 IPPS Final Rule Explained
This 90-minute audio conference is your life line. Our experts comb the rule and pull out the information you need to...
Audio Conference: Physician Supervision in Hospital Outpatient Departments
Physician supervision in the outpatient setting is always difficult to get your hands around . You need to understand...